The Life of Samuel – A Childless Woman

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Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 1:1-20

SERMON  NOTES
A  CHILDLESS  WOMAN
1 Samuel 1:1-20;  Luke 1:5-25

– about  1100  B.C.,  in  the  time  of  Judges 21:25.  Samuel  is  priest,  prophet,  and  the  last  of  the  judges.

1.  God  is  at  work  even  in  dark  days.

– 1:1-2;  polygamy  is  wrong  (Gen.2:24)

– the  clergy  are  corrupt  (1:3;  2:12-17, 22);  family  life  dysfunctional  (1:4-7;  same  in  Gen.16:1-6; 30:1-2)

– Elkanah  tries  to  be  some  sort  of  comfort  in  verse  8

2.  We  ought  to  pray  earnestly.

– 1:9-18;  Ps.55:22;  ‘Take  it  to  the  Lord  in  prayer’

– she  bargains  with  God  (1:11),  somewhat  like  the  Nazirite  vow  (Num.6;  Judges 13).

3.  God  blesses  a  barren  woman.

– 1:19-20;  God  is  compassionate  (Ex.2:23-24;  6:5)

– Ps.113:9

– Samuel  means  ‘heard  of  God’  or  perhaps  ‘Name  of  God’

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